A very kind gentleman in Europe has located additional nibs for me in a shop. However, the nib numbers differ from the ones listed on the above chart. Were different nib numbers used in different countries? My main concern with importing a nib without seeing it is that I might be buying a nib for a different type of Osmiroid pen & wouldn't be able to use it.

I have tried an Esterbrook nib in the pen, & it seems to work. I use stub nibs & italics. In your opinion, should I just use an Esterbrook nib or would it be worthwhile to import an Osmiroid nib? Is there something really special about an Osmiroid nib versus an Esterbrook or Venus?

Hmm. That reminded me. - I have an Osmiroid 75 with a "fine straight" italic nib. I never use it anymore. The pen works correctly, but the piston is extremely slow and stiff. View section is very ambered, but you can still see the ink a little. Whole thing yours for the cost of postage. (I'm in Canada, so postage will be more than a dollar, but still...)

If the system alters it again, here it is written out.http://www.richardspens.com/slash imagesslash ref_infoslash estynibsslash ospoints.gif

The nibs for the Osmiroid 65 & 75 screw out. They have threads on the bottom, & couldn't be pushed in or pulled out. The pens are earlier models than the cartridge pens. The 65 is a lever-filler, and the 75 is a piston-filler.

Ok, it finally dawns on me. I missed the 75 model part in your first post here. The nibs I am talking about are for the last series of calligraphic fountain pens that were ever made by Osmiroid. I don't know their model names, but they do have goldplated nibs, as indicated in my list, and the nibs aren't part of a nib/feed assembly that screws in. These are nibs that can be replaced by pulling out just the nib, and replacing it with another....

Alternatively, you have a whole bunch of sections, with different nibs, and a single barrel. That's actually how they sold these as calligraphy sets in the 1970s or thereabouts.

Warm regards, Wim

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A very kind gentleman in Europe has located additional nibs for me in a shop. However, the nib numbers differ from the ones listed on the above chart. Were different nib numbers used in different countries? My main concern with importing a nib without seeing it is that I might be buying a nib for a different type of Osmiroid pen & wouldn't be able to use it.

I have tried an Esterbrook nib in the pen, & it seems to work. I use stub nibs & italics. In your opinion, should I just use an Esterbrook nib or would it be worthwhile to import an Osmiroid nib? Is there something really special about an Osmiroid nib versus an Esterbrook or Venus?

Thank you for your input.

Regards,Ashland

I have 11 Osmiroid barrels and caps and 16 nibs. These are the late cartridge-fill type and the nibs are interchangeable. They are now surplus to requirement and I'd like to feel that someone was getting some use from them. They have all been used, but are still in very good condition. You can have them free if they are of any use to you. Just give me your address and I'll send them off.

Don't know if this helps or not, but the page below has some useful info Osmiroid nibs---the older ones that fit some Esterbrook pens (the lever-filler type, I believe) vs. the newer ones (that are not interchangeable with the new ones).

On the far right hand side of that page (near the bottom) is a list of new style Osmiroid nib units.The upper left of the page has some links to other Osmiroid articles, including this little page on Osmiroid history: http://hans.presto.t...osmiroid02.html

My Mom got me a NOS Osmiroid 75 piston-filler fountain pen in its original box with 6 different nib units (italic straight F, ital. str. M, ital. str. B, B2, B3 and B4 nibs) at a local thrift store for $5 on Wednesday, so I started looking for more info on the pens.

My Mom got me a NOS Osmiroid 75 piston-filler fountain pen in its original box with 6 different nib units (italic straight F, ital. str. M, ital. str. B, B2, B3 and B4 nibs) at a local thrift store for $5 on Wednesday, so I started looking for more info on the pens.

My Mom got me a NOS Osmiroid 75 piston-filler fountain pen in its original box with 6 different nib units (italic straight F, ital. str. M, ital. str. B, B2, B3 and B4 nibs) at a local thrift store for $5 on Wednesday, so I started looking for more info on the pens.

Ack! I just bought that set on eBay for $30!

Ah well, as long as you like what you bought....

My mom is very good at finding deals; she bought me a gold-filled Wahl "All-Metal" ringtop for ten cents ($0.10) at the same thrift store a while back. Happy Mother's Day, Mom!!

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